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Aemilia Lepida is the name of Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 women belonging to the gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 Aemilia
Aemilius

Aemilius was the nomen of the gens Aemilia, one of the five most important patrician families of ancient Rome.The Aemilii were a very old clan; they were supposed to have descended from Mamercus, a son of Pythagoras who was surnamed "Aemylos" or "Aimilios" because of his refinement and speaking ability....
. All but the first Aemilia Lepida lived in the imperial era. The name was given to daughters of men belonging to the Lepidus branch of the gens Aemilia. The first Aemilia Lepida to be mentioned by Roman historians was the former fiancee of the younger Cato. Subsequent Aemilias were more famous for whom they married.

Aemilia (living 1st century BC), wife of Metellus Scipio and former fiancee of Cato
This Aemilia was daughter of Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus
Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, Consul 77 BC and possibly Princeps Senatus was a well connected and influential figure in Late Republican politics....
, wife of Metellus Scipio and former fiancee of Cato.






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Aemilia Lepida is the name of Roman
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 women belonging to the gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 Aemilia
Aemilius

Aemilius was the nomen of the gens Aemilia, one of the five most important patrician families of ancient Rome.The Aemilii were a very old clan; they were supposed to have descended from Mamercus, a son of Pythagoras who was surnamed "Aemylos" or "Aimilios" because of his refinement and speaking ability....
. All but the first Aemilia Lepida lived in the imperial era. The name was given to daughters of men belonging to the Lepidus branch of the gens Aemilia. The first Aemilia Lepida to be mentioned by Roman historians was the former fiancee of the younger Cato. Subsequent Aemilias were more famous for whom they married.

Aemilia (living 1st century BC), wife of Metellus Scipio and former fiancee of Cato


This Aemilia was daughter of Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus
Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, Consul 77 BC and possibly Princeps Senatus was a well connected and influential figure in Late Republican politics....
, wife of Metellus Scipio and former fiancee of Cato. Her daughter was Cornelia Metella
Cornelia Metella

Cornelia Metella was the daughter of Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica. Her proper name would have been Caecilia Metella, since Cornelia was the gens of her father before adoption by the Caecilii Metellii....
, last wife and widow of Pompey
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
 the Great. Although Aemilia Lepida was engaged to be married to Cato the Younger
Cato the Younger

File:Silver_denarius_of_Cato_47_46_BCE.jpgMarcus Porcius Cato Uticensis , known as Cato the Younger to distinguish him from his great-grandfather , was a politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, and a follower of the Stoicism philosophy....
, she in fact married someone else, leaving Cato to marry Atilia
Atilia

Atilia , daughter of C. Atilius Atilius and first wife of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis whom he married after his intended wife, Aemilia Lepida#Cato, married someone else....
. In the words of Plutarch
Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 ? 120 ? commonly known in English as Plutarch ? was a Ancient Rome historian , biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonism....
's Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives

File:Plutarchs LIVES.jpgPlutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biography of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings....
, Life of Cato the Younger, 7:

When he thought that he was old enough to marry,— and up to that time he had consorted with no woman,— he engaged himself to Lepida, who had formerly been betrothed to Metellus Scipio, but was now free, since Scipio had rejected her and the betrothal had been broken. However, before the marriage Scipio changed his mind again, and by dint of every effort got the maid. Cato was greatly exasperated and inflamed by this, and attempted to go to law about it; but his friends prevented this, and so, in his rage and youthful fervour, he betook himself to iambic verse, and heaped much scornful abuse upon Scipio, adopting the bitter tone of Archilochus
Archilochus

Archilochus was a Ancient Greece poet and supposed mercenary....
, but avoiding his license and puerility. It should be noted that Aemilia Lepida and Cato were first cousins with Lepida's father and Cato's mother being blood siblings.


Aemilia Lepida, wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)

Aemilia Lepida may have been the name of the wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was a general and politician of ancient Rome in the 1st century BC....
, due to the name of Ahenobarbus's gradndaugther, Domitia Lepida
Domitia Lepida

Domitia Lepida , Domitia Lepida Minor or simply known as Lepida , was the younger daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major....
. Her only child was her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC). Her son married Antonia Major
Antonia Major

Antonia Major , also known as Antonia the Elder, was a daughter to Mark Antony and Octavia Minor and niece to Augustus, Rome?s first Roman Emperor....
, a niece of Roman Emperor Augustus and a daughter to Augustus' sister Octavia Minor
Octavia Minor

Octavia Minor , also known as Octavia the Younger or simply Octavia, was the sister of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus , half sister of Octavia Major, and fourth wife of Mark Antony....
 and Mark Antony
Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius , known in English as Marc Antony, was a Roman Republic politician and General. He was an important supporter and the best friend of Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia....
. Their children were Domitia (aunt of Nero)
Domitia (aunt of Nero)

Domitia or Domitia Lepida Major was the oldest child of Antonia Major and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus , and the oldest granddaughter to Triumvir Mark Antony and Octavia Minor, a great-niece of Roman Emperor Augustus, second cousin to Emperor Caligula, first cousin to Emperor Claudius, aunt to Empress Valeria Messalina, aunt to Empero...
, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) and Domitia Lepida
Domitia Lepida

Domitia Lepida , Domitia Lepida Minor or simply known as Lepida , was the younger daughter of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Antonia Major....
. Aemilia died before 31 BC.

Aemilia Lepida (b. 22 BC), daughter of Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Cornelia Scipio

Aemilia Lepida (born 22 BC) was the only daughter to Cornelia Scipio
Cornelia Scipio

Cornelia Scipio or Cornelia Scipionis was the daughter of Scribonia and consul Publius Cornelius Scipio Salvito. She married the censor Lucius Aemilius Paullus....
 and the censor Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Her brothers were Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1) and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 6). Nothing is known about her later life or whether she ever married.

Aemilia Lepida (4/3 BC-53), daughter of Julia the Younger and sometime fiancee of Claudius
Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....

Aemilia Lepida (4/3 BC-53) was the daughter of Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus

There have been several people named 'Lucius Aemilius Paulus':* Lucius Aemilius Paullus * Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, his son* Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul in 50 BC...
 and his wife Julia the Younger
Julia the Younger

Julia Minor or Julilla was a Roman Princess. She was the eldest daughter and second child born to Roman Statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder....
 and her father . She was the first great-grandchild of Emperor Augustus. Lepida had several children with her husband, and two of her sons became consuls. She was killed by Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
 in 53.

Aemilia Lepida (executed 20), daughter to Lepidus the Younger

Aemilia Lepida was the daughter to Lepidus the Younger
Lepidus the Younger

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger or Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor , was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus . Lepidus' mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to politician Marcus Junius Brutus....
 and sister to Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 11 CE). She married the wealthy Roman Governor Publius Sulpicius Quirinius
Quirinius

Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was a Roman Empire aristocrat. His governorship of Syria is one of the Chronology of Jesus for the birth of Jesus....
. In her younger years, she was engaged to Emperor Augustus’ heir Lucius Caesar
Lucius Caesar

Lucius Julius Caesar , most commonly known as Lucius Caesar, was the second son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was born with the name Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, but when he was adopted by his maternal grandfather Roman Emperor Caesar Augustus, his name was changed to Lucius Julius Caesar....
. She had borne a son to senator Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus
Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus

Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus was a Roman rhetorician, poet and senator, son of M. Aemilius Scaurus. He was a member of the senate in 14 AD at the time of Tiberius' accession to the throne....
.

In 20, she was charged with adultery, poisoning, consulting astrologers, falsely to claim to bear a son to her ex-husband and attempting to poison her ex-husband. At her trial her brother defended her. During her trial, the Games were held. Other distinguished ladies, accompanied her into the theatre and protested her innocence to Emperor Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
. She was found guilty and was executed.

Aemilia Lepida (d. 36), wife of the imperial prince Drusus

Aemilia Lepida (d. 36) was daughter of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 6 and niece to the consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus (executed 14 AD). Despite her uncle's disgrace, and due to her father's high standing with the Roman emperors and the Senate, she married her second cousin Drusus Caesar
Drusus Caesar

Drusus Julius Caesar, also referred to as Drusus III , was a member of a noble family of Ancient Rome. He was a son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder....
. Tacitus reports that during their marriage "she had pursued her husband with ceaseless accusations". In 36, she was charged with adultery with a slave and committed suicide, "since there was no question about her guilt" (Annals 6.40).

Aemilia Lepida (living 1st century), wife of the future emperor Galba

Aemilia Lepida was daughter of Manius Aemilius Lepidus, consul in 11 CE. This Aemilia Lepida is usually identified with Lepida, wife of the short-lived Roman Emperor Galba
Galba

Servius Sulpicius Galba , also called Servius Sulpicius Galba Caesar Augustus, was Roman Emperor from June 8, 68 until his death. He was the first emperor of the Year of the Four Emperors....
. She bore him two sons before her death. She died relatively young, and their sons also died young. Galba never remarried.

When Lepida lived, Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
 (then a widower after Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus' death) tried to make shameless advances to Galba who was devoted to his wife and thus completely uninterested. On one occasion Lepida’s mother gave Agrippina the Younger in a whole bevy of married women a public reprimand and slapped her in the face.